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How to calculate your soiled water storage requirements

Martin Merrick outlines some of the key figures and dates that farmers should be mindful of when it comes to soiled water storage as well as how to calculate your requirements.

FARM BUILDINGS 7 June 2026

How to calculate your soiled water storage requirements

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Dairy numbers hit record low in Britain

Dairy numbers hit record low in Britain

NEWS 6 June 2026

Agri jobs: Westmeath and Cork farms seek dairy assistants

Agri jobs: Westmeath and Cork farms seek dairy assistants

NEWS 6 June 2026

Milk production fell in April – CSO

Milk production fell in April – CSO

Milk production fell in April – CSO

NEWS 5 June 2026

Farmer at centre of Roscommon animal cruelty trial released from custody

Farmer at centre of Roscommon animal cruelty trial released from custody

Farmer at centre of Roscommon animal cruelty trial released from custody

NEWS 5 June 2026

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Weekend weather: unsettled with showers and breezy conditions

Weekend weather: unsettled with showers and breezy conditions

Met Éireann has forecast unsettled weather for the weekend, with rain or showers each day, along with breezy conditions at times.

NEWS 3 June 2026

Dairy Management: time to do a cashflow budget

Dairy Management: time to do a cashflow budget

In a year of poor milk price, cashflow budgeting is a simple tool any farm business can use to track income and costs, which will help to guide good decision making, writes Daire Cregg.

MANAGEMENT 3 June 2026

Carroll family achieving excellence in Limerick

Carroll family achieving excellence in Limerick

Daire Cregg reports from the Carroll family farm in Granagh, Co Limerick. The new home of the 2025 Dairygold Milk Quality and Sustainability trophy for this year.

MANAGEMENT 3 June 2026

US dairy farmer challenged with ‘being profitable’

US dairy farmer challenged with ‘being profitable’

Fifth-generation dairy farmer Matthew Hoff runs Coldsprings Farm, a 1,300 Holstein dairy operation in New Windsor, Maryland.

NEWS 3 June 2026

Over 570 cattle reported missing or stolen

Over 570 cattle reported missing or stolen

The highest number of stolen cattle reported to the Department was in Kilkenny while the largest number of cattle reported missing was in Galway.

NEWS 3 June 2026

Dairy Trends: GDT index falls by 0.6% at latest auction

Dairy Trends: GDT index falls by 0.6% at latest auction

Aidan Brennan reports from the latest developments in the dairy markets, with an update from the GDT auction and European spot market.

MARKETS 3 June 2026

Rain helps to keep growth moving

Rain helps to keep growth moving

With air and soil temperatures high, the rain over the last week will help to maintain high growth rates well into next week.

GRASS & FEEDING 3 June 2026

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'For many of the children, it was their first time on a farm'

Wicklow dairy farmer welcomed students as part of a National Dairy Council initiative, which saw 1,500 pupils across Ireland visit working dairy farms during May.

'For many of the children, it was their first time on a farm'

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